Pure Brilliant White vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Pure Brilliant White belongs to Dulux's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Pure Brilliant White reads as greige-white, while Slaked Lime Deep reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Pure Brilliant White has an LRV of 84. Pure Brilliant White runs warm while Slaked Lime Deep is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.1, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pure Brilliant White vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pure Brilliant White and Slaked Lime Deep in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Pure Brilliant White vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pure Brilliant White on one side and Slaked Lime Deep on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Pure Brilliant White comparisons
See how Pure Brilliant White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 84 vs 6, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 52, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 13, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure Brilliant White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 8, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 45, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.